The Americas: ACERCA

Workshop on Tariffs and Renewable Energy

Date: September 2011Location: San Jose, Costa Rica

With support from the United States Agency for International Development, officials from the Oregon Public Utility Commission and the Utah Public Service Commission shared valuable knowledge with members of the Association of Central American EnergyRegulators (ACERCA) on renewable energy auctions, subsidies, costof capital, and building regional consensus.

Representatives from the meeting noted that the extensiveinformation sharing was fruitful in their efforts to improve theinstitutional capacity of the ACERCA member states in renewableenergy regulation.